Penicillin g procaine inj at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$567.55
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,713.60
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$40.94 with BCBS - Premera vs $235.36 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.94 | ↓ -93% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $40.94 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $40.94 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $40.94 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.19 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $47.19 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $47.19 | ↓ -92% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $47.78 | ↓ -92% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $53.49 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $53.49 | ↓ -91% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $54.02 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $55.09 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $55.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $55.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $57.23 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $57.77 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $57.77 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $58.30 | ↓ -90% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $61.51 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $102.70 | ↓ -82% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $105.91 | ↓ -81% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $106.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $118.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $129.80 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $132.25 | ↓ -77% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $187.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $190.44 | ↓ -66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $198.38 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $200.05 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $235.36 | ↓ -59% |
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Penicillin g procaine inj at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $61.00 – $309.41 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $49.13 – $182.14 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $756.30 | $58.58 – $238.05 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $523.26 | $113.74 – $238.05 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $521.19 | $118.00 – $198.38 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $605.53 | $44.97 – $238.05 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $537.77 | $118.00 – $198.38 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $493.93 | $118.00 – $198.38 |